I never would have guessed that being injured could be such a gift. Almost like getting to the doors of AA, I literally kicked and screamed against my perceived injustice of it all. I was...
“So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn’t think so. Above everything,...
Fear and love – according to my sponsor, when it all boils down, they are the only two choices we have in life. And as he likes to say to me, “make no mistake, we...
I’m learning that for many years, I never knew how to run. I was chronically injured and always fighting my way through workouts, desperately trying to succeed and to reach my goals. And I did...
Continue, improve, and practice. These are of course the actions we must take in Steps 10, 11 and 12 of Alcoholics Anonymous. Step 10 – Continued to take personal inventory and when we wrong, promptly...
I hate racing – that is, until I’m doing it and I’m living in the moment. I don’t like the thought of an upcoming race, the competition, my inadequacies as a runner, and the myriad...
Elite, middle, or back of the pack, running is hard work. The ‘greats’ make it look easy, but they put massive amounts of time and energy into their craft. They struggle through injury and fatigue...
“When a drunk shows up among us and says that he doesn’t like the AA principles, people, or service management, when he declares that he can do better elsewhere – we are not worried. We...
What if running was taken away from us? Could we still live purposefully, find peace within ourselves, and give of ourselves unselfishly? These questions have been dogging me increasingly in sobriety. I look at many...
I have recently been studying the life and ultrarunning performances of Yiannis Kouros, a Greek athlete in the 1980’s who held over 150 world records and who seemed able to tap into a spiritual realm...